wharf

Preposition: on

• canal: Wigan Pier was named after the wharf on the canal.

Converse of object

• build: Showing some remains of the stone built wharf, now a domestic garden, edging the canal.
• leave: The lorries were carefully checked before leaving the wharf, so that we could be sure the correct number of sacks were on board.
• cover: A covered wharf is next with the large building being the old offices of Thomas Morton & Claytons.

Adjective modifier

• busy: Great Linford was once home to a busy canal wharf.
• former: To the left is evidence of a former wharf.
• old: The old wharf seems to be used by people sleeping rough.
• small: A small wharf used to exist to the right of the canal at this point.

Modifies a noun

• redevelopment: Wharf redevelopment continued to put a severe strain on all our engineering resources.
• cottage: A: The wharf cottages - they used to be a standing joke, where are you going for your holidays?
• wall: The wharf walls are nearly up to full height.
• building: The old restored wharf building was still to be taken by tenants.
• house: At the north end of the arm only the wharf house at Queens Hill remains.
• side: The end of the Beck had been totally prettified and consisted of being swamped with twiddly wharf side looking houses.

Noun used with modifier

• canary: London Canary Wharf: I am just moving to canary wharf, west ferry road.. .
• transshipment: A canal from the transshipment wharf at Swinton was suggested.
• riverside: The aristocratic owners of these plantations dealt directly with trade, exporting on to the world market from riverside wharfs.
• coal: The arm serving the coal wharf went off to the right.
• canal: Work started on a canal wharf in April 1850.
• loading: At the head of the Springs Branch is the former loading wharf.